Refine Dashboard Sidebar Active State

[nayt9]

This PR improves the visual clarity of the dashboard sidebar by enhancing the styling and behavior of the active navigation item. The update ensures users can easily identify their current location within the app, while maintaining responsiveness and accessibility standards.

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✨ Key Improvements

• Enhanced Active State Styling

  • Improved contrast, color, and/or indicator (e.g., highlight, border, icon state)
  • Clear distinction between active, hover, and inactive states

• Consistent UX Across Devices

  • Fully responsive behavior across mobile, tablet, and desktop views
  • Maintains usability in collapsed and expanded sidebar modes

• Accessibility Enhancements

  • Proper use of ARIA attributes (e.g., aria-current="page")
  • Improved keyboard navigation and focus states
  • Meets contrast and visibility guidelines

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🛠️ Implementation Details

• Updated sidebar navigation component to:

  • Dynamically detect and apply active route state
  • Normalize styling across all navigation items

• Refactored styles for better maintainability and consistency

• Ensured compatibility with existing routing logic

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🧪 Testing

• Added/updated tests to cover:

  • Correct active state rendering based on route
  • State changes on navigation
  • Accessibility attributes presence

• Verified responsiveness across breakpoints

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📌 Why This Matters

• Improves navigation clarity and user orientation
• Enhances overall UI polish and usability
• Ensures accessibility compliance for broader user support

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⚠️ Notes

• No breaking changes expected
• Future improvements may include animated transitions or theme-based variations

closes #394
closes #395
closes #369
closes #371

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